@thearchers Crows now, and something making a peeping sort of noise. A jay, perhaps? Or a blackbird? It's hard to tell with all this blasted cricket in the way.
"...it's the having a good time that counts" says Helen, as if to rub salt in this listener's wounds.
Alistair's downplaying the big hello, while Ed's increasing his chances of ending up in the next HSE report under the mysterious category of "other".